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fitness trackersYour fitness is their business. Nothing personal
Today, users are readily spending their money on house arrest-style services similar to those used for tracking criminals. They call them fitness trackers.
#adviceTip of the week: Better protection for online shopping
Cybercriminals actively use online payments to their own advantage, but Kaspersky Lab knows how to outwit them!
Kaspersky Daily News Podcast: Poodle Attack
Brian Donohue and Dennis Fisher talk about a new attack on the SSL protocol, which is now known as POODLE.
Some ways to use the Kaspersky Rescue Disk — both standard and uncommon
From time to time, PC users face situations where a system is totally damaged and almost nothing can fix it. The Kaspersky Rescue Disk is our solution for such a situation.
AuthenticationTwitter’s Foray into Authentication: SMS to Replace Passwords
Twitter debuts a grand but simple plan to replace passwords where your phone number is your username and an SMS-generated code is your password.
androidAndroid 5.0 Data Better Protected with New Crypto System
Google’s mobile operating system joins Apple’s iOS in offering full disk encryption by default to all users in its newest version — Android 5.0 aka Lollipop.
Tip of the week: How to upgrade Kaspersky Internet Security
You will no longer need to download the installer and manually upgrade to the newest version of Kaspersky Internet Security; your antivirus will do it automatically for you!
Production cars that allow you to race like in a video game
The owners of certain expensive cars can analyze their driving skills in the same way F1 pilots do. However, this information is sensitive and, thus, should be protected.
How to Remember Strong, Unique Passwords
New research shows that studying and mnemonic devices could help us to better remember our passwords.
The Wonders of Whitelisting (as Opposed to Blacklisting)
Antivirus protection is often perceived as a process of simply blocking what is bad. However, it’s as much a process of approving what is good.
Tip of the week: advanced settings are back!
Finally, we have arrived at a solution that may be convenient for all users: Maintenance Release 1 adds advanced scan settings to Kaspersky Internet Security 2015.
The Tic Tac Toe Game Spies On You
One simple Android game can get as much information about the smartphone’s owner as a real spy can.
Simple Mistake Indexes Highly Sensitive Banking Data
A massive provider of insurance for bond investments misconfigured one of its servers and accidentally made a variety of sensitive payment information indexable.
Legal malware and cyber-mercenaries
Hacking and espionage are hardly crimes for the secret service, but rather are a part of their everyday work. But imagine what could happen if their tools end up in wrong hands.
Tip of the week: How to limit your child’s gaming time
With the Parental Control component, you can not only limit the time that your child spends on the computer, but you can also establish restricted applications.
Infected ATMs gave away millions of dollars
Using a trojan malware with the Russian name, Tyupkin, hackers made cash withdrawals without so much as accessing bank accounts.
Prioritizing the Protection of Primary Webmail Accounts
Your primary email account is often the master key that can provide backup access to all other accounts, which is why you must be particularly careful with it.
Tip of the week: How to protect yourself from cryptoware
”Dear Chairman, dear Vice Chairman, dear members of the board, let me present to you the annual report… Oops… Just a moment, we are having some technical issues…”
Talk Security: ShellShock Bash Vulnerability Dominates September
September’s security news was dominated by three stories: the Home Depot data breach, the Apple celebrity nude photo leak scandal and the Shellshock vulnerability in Bash.